List of Texas state symbols

Location of the state of Texas in the United States of America

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Texas.

Official designations and symbols

Type	Symbol	Date designated	Image
State flower	Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis)	March 1901
State motto	"Friendship"	1930
State nickname	"The Lone Star State" (also "The Friendship State")
State flag	The Lone Star Flag	June 30, 1839
National seal	Seal of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839	File:Seal of the Republic of Texas (1836).svg
State seal	Seal of Texas	December 29, 1845
Reverse of the seal		August 26, 1961	File:Seal of Texas (reverse).svg
National coat of arms	Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas	January 25, 1839
State coat of arms	Coat of arms of Texas	1993
National guard crest	Crest of the Texas National Guard	February 18, 1924	File:Texas National Guard crest.svg
State tree	Pecan (Carya illinoinensis)	1906	Pecan tree in Abilene, Texas
State soil	Houston Black
State bird	Northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)	1927
State song	"Texas, Our Texas"	1929
State mammal (small)	Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)	1927
State mammal (large)	Texas Longhorn	1995
State mammal (flying)	Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)	1995
State dog	Blue Lacy	June 18, 2005

Other official designations

Type	Symbol	Date Designated	Notes
State air force	Commemorative Air Force
State bread	Pan de campo
State cooking implement	Dutch oven
State dinosaur	Brachiosaur Sauropod, Pleurocoelus
State dish	Chili	1977
State domino game	Texas 42, a four-player domino game with bidding and trumps
State fiber and fabric	Cotton
State fish	Guadalupe bass (Micropterus treculii)	1989
State folk dance	Square dance	1991
State fruit	Texas red grapefruit	1993
State gem	Texas blue topaz	1969
State gemstone cut	Lone Star Cut
State grass	Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula)	1971
State insect	Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)	1995
State molecule	Buckyball or Buckminsterfullerene, C60
State music	Western swing
Musical instrument	Guitar
State nut	Native pecan	1919
State pepper (native)	Chiltepin (Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum)
State pepper (other)	Jalapeño	1995
State plant	Prickly pear cactus	1995
State plays	Fort Griffin Fandangle, The Lone Star, Texas, Beyond Sundown
State reptile	Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), commonly called the horny toad or horned frog.	1993
State shell	Lightning whelk (Busycon perversum pulleyi)	1987
State ship	The battleship USS Texas (BB-35)
State shrub	Crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
State shrub (native)	Texas sage (Leucophyllum frutescens)
State slogan	"The Friendly State"	1930
State snack	Tortilla chips and salsa	1995
State sport (individual)	Rodeo
State sport (team)	American football
State stone	Petrified palmwood
State tartan	Texas Bluebonnet Tartan	May 25, 1989
State pastries	Strudel and sopaipilla	2003-2005
State vegetable	Texas sweet onion	1997

Texas centennial half dollar commemorative

Texas quarter reverse

Pledge to the Texas flag

A pledge of allegiance to the Texas flag was established in 1933.

Honor the Texas flag;
I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas,
one state under God,
one and indivisible.

Ships

USS Texas (BB-35), the oldest remaining dreadnought.

Four ships of the United States Navy and one in the Confederate States Navy have borne the name Texas:

• CSS Texas
• USS Texas (1892)
• USS Texas (BB-35)
• USS Texas (DLGN/CGN-39)
• USS Texas (SSN-775)

See also

• Outline of Texas
• List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia